Lyophilization prior to direct DNA extraction from bovine feces improves the quantification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter jejuni

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1686-1688

  Rapp, Delphine ^a   Waller, John ^a   Brightwell, Gale ^a   Muirhead, Richard W ^b  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE FECES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA EXTRACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FRESH FECES; REAL-TIME PCR;

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DNA; FECES; FREEZE DRYING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVALUATION; FECES; FREEZE DRYING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FREEZE DRYING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77649194850     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01866-09     Document Type: Article

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